#221. Watch All of AFI's Top 100 Movies of All Time - Raging Bull

I checked in with Christian Sullivan, who gave me this one, for the official ruling. We're going with AFI's Tenth Anniversary List that they did in 2008, not the original 1998 list.

So tonight Seamus Sullivan and I got started by watching Raging Bull - #3 on the list and one of the many I've not seen yet. I came away with a few thoughts:

- I finally get how good Deniro is/was. I've obviously never seen any of his truly defining roles before.

- For a guy who can often be thought of as a one dimensional parody of himself, Joe Pesci really rocked it in this one.

- The background/music track was WAY louder than the dialogue track so I'm pretty sure we missed a 5th of the movie.

- Despite that it did a great job of building tension and got me really into it despite a lot of initial misgivings.

- Joe Pesci is either the greatest or worst Wingman of all time. The pool scene, in particular.

- I had no idea that the Jersey Shore stereotype is basically a direct descendant from these kinds of characters until watching this movie.

- Holy shit Joe Pesci just tried to straight up murder that dude with a car door!

- Did you fuck my wife? is a pretty great payoff.

So now the score reads:

CITIZEN KANE	1941
THE GODFATHER	1972
CASABLANCA	1942
RAGING BULL	1980
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN	1952
GONE WITH THE WIND	1939
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA	1962
SCHINDLER'S LIST	1993
VERTIGO	1958
THE WIZARD OF OZ	1939
CITY LIGHTS	1931
THE SEARCHERS	1956
STAR WARS	1977
PSYCHO	1960
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY	1968
SUNSET BLVD.	1950
THE GRADUATE	1967
THE GENERAL	1927
ON THE WATERFRONT	1954
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE	1946
CHINATOWN	1974
SOME LIKE IT HOT	1959
THE GRAPES OF WRATH	1940
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL	1982
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD	1962
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON	1939
HIGH NOON	1952
ALL ABOUT EVE	1950
DOUBLE INDEMNITY	1944
APOCALYPSE NOW	1979
THE MALTESE FALCON	1941
THE GODFATHER PART II	1974
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST	1975
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS	1937
ANNIE HALL	1977
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI	1957
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES	1946
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE	1948
DR. STRANGELOVE	1964
THE SOUND OF MUSIC	1965
KING KONG	1933
BONNIE AND CLYDE	1967
MIDNIGHT COWBOY	1969
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY	1940
SHANE	1953
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT	1934
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE	1951
REAR WINDOW	1954
INTOLERANCE	1916
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING	2001
WEST SIDE STORY	1961
TAXI DRIVER	1976
THE DEER HUNTER	1978
M*A*S*H	1970
NORTH BY NORTHWEST	1959
JAWS	1975
ROCKY	1976
THE GOLD RUSH	1925
NASHVILLE	1975
DUCK SOUP	1933
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS	1941
AMERICAN GRAFFITI	1973
CABARET	1972
NETWORK	1976
THE AFRICAN QUEEN	1951
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK	1981
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?	1966
UNFORGIVEN	1992
TOOTSIE	1982
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE	1971
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN	1998
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION	1994
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID	1969
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS	1991
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT	1967
FORREST GUMP	1994
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN	1976
MODERN TIMES	1936
THE WILD BUNCH	1969
THE APARTMENT	1960
SPARTACUS	1960
SUNRISE	1927
TITANIC	1997
EASY RIDER	1969
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA	1935
PLATOON	1986
12 ANGRY MEN	1957
BRINGING UP BABY	1938
THE SIXTH SENSE	1999
SWING TIME	1936
SOPHIE'S CHOICE	1982
GOODFELLAS	1990
THE FRENCH CONNECTION	1971
PULP FICTION	1994
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW	1971
DO THE RIGHT THING	1989
BLADE RUNNER	1982
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY	1942
TOY STORY	1995
BEN-HUR	1959

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